JJZolx;210889 Wrote: > ...The extremely uncertain future with whatever Logitech is going to do > with their new 'streaming media division' is a potentially huge monkey > wrench. It's immediately obvious that Squeezebox isn't the future.
Huh? Why is it "immediately obvious"? Nothing that has been done would indicate that Squeezebox or SlimServer are being eliminated in the future. 6.5.2 came out, 6.5.3 looks like a go, and 7 is proceeding apace. We've staffed up QA for the group, added developers, and are moving the whole thing forward. The Squeezebox Jive software platform doesn't eliminate either Squeezebox or SlimServer. SqueezeNetwork is being improved with additional services and features. In short, we're moving ahead pretty much with everything that Slim Devices had started, and adding resources to make it happen even better than they had hoped they could do it. I get the idea that you don't like "big companies" -- OK, so be it. But so much of what you state with authority (as the phrase "immediately obvious" is intended to convey) is simply conjecture on your part and isn't based on any tangible thing we've done. We did change branding, but that should've been expected as Logitech's history is to change the branding on acquired products. It happened with Connectix (who was #1 in their category when acquired); it happened with Labtec; it happened with Harmony. All of these companies could argue, on some level, that they had built excellent businesses *without* Logitech's brand and yet all grew substantially after acquisition under the new identity. You don't have to like it, or agree with it, but the reality is that Logitech believe it to be good business. And that's pretty much the only big thing that's been done to date (aside from putting substantially more resources to work on the engineering and technical support sides of the business). -=> Jim -- JimC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36385 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
